The Power, Revisited

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4.6 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Tori Weston revisits her story about surviving childhood sexual abuse from 2014 called “The Power” with Kevin Allison. Tori has many new insights eleven years later. You can also watch this episode on YouTube! 🎤Radio Story: The Power by Tori Weston (Content note: child sexual abuse, suicidal ideation) At 12, going on 13, Tori was raped by her stepfather. When she came out about it, the situation pitted family member against family member. 🌈 Support RISK! & Get Involved • 🎟 See RISK! live⁠ in NYC (September 25 or December 11) • ✍️ Pitch your story⁠ • ❤️ Support us on Patreon⁠ or ⁠make a one-time PayPal donation⁠ • 📚 Shop merch or the RISK! book⁠ • 🎓 Take storytelling classes with us⁠ • 🎥 Hire Kevin as a coach or get personalized videos To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories they never thought they
0:12.7	dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, coming to you from my emptying apartment in New York while I'm preparing to move to Thailand.
0:24.6	And today we're revisiting a story by Tori Weston. She told this on Risk back in 2014, and we're
0:34.4	going to revisit it together and have a conversation about it,
0:37.8	Tori and myself now in 2025.
0:41.5	And if you're hearing this on our podcast feed,
0:44.2	be aware that you could watch this episode also.
0:47.4	There's a link to that in the show notes,
0:49.6	but all of the audio episodes going back 16 years years, are at risk-dashow.com or anywhere you can
0:58.8	get podcasts.
1:00.5	Now, this story concerns child sexual abuse.
1:05.2	So I wanted to give you a heads up about that.
1:09.5	And I believe suicidal ideation is mentioned at one time as well.
1:14.5	This episode is prove that if you check in with someone many years later about a story they
1:22.5	once told, they might have lots of new insights into the whole matter.
1:28.9	So this was really beautiful and fascinating.
1:31.5	I'm so glad we did this.
1:33.4	So a quick break, and when we come back,
1:37.7	Tori Weston and I will revisit and review The Power.
1:43.0	We'll be right back.
1:46.3	We're back.
1:48.4	Okay, folks, I am here today with Tori Weston, and we are going to revisit one of the all-time
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